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Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Your narrative may fail to grip if you haven't taken any care to find out how well or badly your audience member is faring (or feeling).”

Book:Mortality

Work

Mortality

Mortality is a profound and introspective work that examines the themes of mortality, aging, and the human condition. The book invites readers to contemplate the nature of life and the inevitability of death, providing a reflective and often poignant perspective on the final stages of life. It is a thought-provoking read that encourages readers to consider the deeper questions of existence and the legacy we leave behind. more

Author

Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens was an English-American author, journalist, and social critic. He was known for his sharp wit and controversial views, particularly on religion and politics. Hitchens was a prominent figure in the public discourse of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. more

“Together they will spend a happy hour seated side by side..., while Ivy's tender hand guides Duffy's as he traces out laboriously, in pencil, over and over until he has them off pat, the magic letters of his name. More than the wedding itself, that little ceremony there under the lamp, all silent save for the soft scratching of graphite on paper, will mark the true beginning of their life together.”

Love Letters Wedding Ceremony

Book:The Infinities

Source: The Infinities

“If there is to be no ceiling on the amount of money a man can take out of our economy, then concomitantly there can be no foundation below which a human being cannot sink. What capitalists must realize is that you are fighting to make capitalism survive, not destroy it; you are fighting to eliminate the seeds of destruction inherent in the status quo." ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr's letter to Don Matchan, 27 April 1947”

Letters Favorites Political Observation

Book:Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction

Source: Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction

“We have had for breakfast, toasts, cakes, a yorkshire pie, a piece of beef about the size and much the shape of my portmanteau, tea, coffee, ham and eggs...”

Food Letters

Author:Charles Dickens

“Cuánto llora el cartero, llevado por la envidia. Que mis cartas de amor no son para él. Me pregunto si algún día te las entregará.”